This NY Times New Old Age Blog article entitled "The Older Mind May Just be a Fuller Mind" explores some recent research revealing that the memory/age decline may not be a true decline in memory, but rather a challenge in data mining: that older adults just have more information to "sort through" before finding a memory than younger adults. Does this seem plausible? How might this change the future of memory research?
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Older Mind = Fuller Mind?
This NY Times New Old Age Blog article entitled "The Older Mind May Just be a Fuller Mind" explores some recent research revealing that the memory/age decline may not be a true decline in memory, but rather a challenge in data mining: that older adults just have more information to "sort through" before finding a memory than younger adults. Does this seem plausible? How might this change the future of memory research?
High Suicide Attempt Rate in Transgender Individuals
This Chicago Tribune article entitled "Transgender study looks at 'exceptionally high' suicide-attempt rate" reveals that 41% of individuals who are transgender or gender-nonconforming have attempted suicide at some point in their lives. This statistic is nearly nine-times the national average. What do you think the risk factors might be for this group of individuals? How could professionals intervene?
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